Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist put us on to the Ninth Circuit ruling I wrote about in the post below (I hope I was scathing enough). Here is the opinion, which mandates court orders before CPS can question children at school about possible abuse. And here is Lindquist’s opinion of the opinion:
…As long as this case remains the law, it will seriously handicap investigations where there is a child witness or victim. This case is the worst of both worlds. One, it will handicap investigations in cases where there was abuse and the child is not safe. Two,
